You can now use VB to write Windows Phone apps. At the moment it's only an early access program and you can only create Silverlight apps. But it is enough to demonstrate that VB will be equal to C# the near future.

Visual Basic is still a popular language but many of its strongest proponents often complain that compared to C# it is neglected. For example the initial Windows Phone tools were C# only - now that's all changed.

Microsoft emphasises the fact that this is an early access program and you can expect bugs and odd behaviors. For this reason there is no Go-live licence and you can't submit VB apps the the Windows Phone App Store. There is no date set for final release.

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